Lori Ravenford writes speculative fiction stories of love and monsters where the hidden world clashes with our concept of reality.

Based in Tokyo, Lori also does photography and illustration to explore her interest in nature in urban settings. Her preferred writing location would be at a scarred wooden table in a secret conservatory surrounded by leather bound books, herbs, specimen jars and her writing companions Cawson the Editing Raven, Ikamura the Squid and her dog Amelia.

Avatar of Lori Ravenford done in pen and ink. The author has a messy bun, a frilly shirt and large tired eyes from all that writing.
Black and white drawing of a squid named Ikamura the Emotional Support Squid. Ikamura holds a coffee and sits on an open book.
Ikamura the Emotional Support Squid

Currently her writing location is a less glamorous bean bag, surrounded by notebooks, and plethora of pens on her Ikea trolley while Amelia lies next to her.

a black and white drawing of a frazzled crow sitting on top of typed pages. On the top right: "Cawson, the Editing Raven"